Mom: @KushielsMoon Just curious, is the government "the poor" or do you just not want to understand what The Bible means? #tcot

DWB: @meanolmeany The poor is thousands of Americans to start, and then millions more across the world. #tcot

MoM: @KushielsMoon What does that have to do with government? That was your question, was it not? #tcot

DWB: @meanolmeany My question is why are some Christians against giving to the poor just b/c it's done through the government? #tcot

MoM: @KushielsMoon And my question is "Is the government the poor?" That seems like a simple question to me. #tcot

DWB: @meanolmeany No. Americans, thousands of them, are the poor. I answered that already.

MoM: @KushielsMoon To answer your question, The Bible says to help the poor, the goverment is NOT the poor. Understand? #tcot

DWB: @meanolmeany You're not understanding me. I am not saying we should "help the gov't." I'm saying help poor ppl with gov'ts assistance. #tcot

MoM: @KushielsMoon The Bible says to help the poor. The government is NOT the poor. You must be liberal. You are very dense. #tcot

DWB: @meanolmeany .... I've already said multiple times that I am NOT talking about the gov't when I say "the poor." #tcot

MoM: @KushielsMoon No, you are saying give money to the gov't based on Biblical teaching of helping the poor. What are you missing here? #tcot

DWB: @meanolmeany You obviously have no idea what I'm saying. Hopefully someone else can answer my original question. #tcot

MoM: @KushielsMoon I understand EXACTLY what you are saying, and yours is a disingenuous question and I pointed out why. #tcot

Number one, DAMN! How dense can one person be? This is the kind of idiocy that is more than prevalent in society today.

The Bible says "Give to the poor, why can't it be through the government?"

Here is your answer, in plain terms that even someone as disingenuous as a liberal can understand.

The government is NOT THE POOR, so why give money to the government because The Bible says to help the poor? The Bible tells us many times to take care of those that are lesser than ourselves, the government is NOT THAT. The Bible does not tell us to give money to another rich person so THEY can take care of the lesser of us.

The Bible tells US TO DO IT. Those that are not even marginally astute make the case that government can fulfill Biblical teachings, yet The Bible tells US to worry about our very own salvation, not to pay someone else to take care of it for us.

Do not try to claim that you are following Christian principles and advocate the government taking care of YOUR PERSONAL DUTIES according to Biblical teachings. That is a cop-out. Or according to The BIBLE, SLOTH, one of the Seven Deadlies.